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17 indicted in suspected Western Pennsylvania cocaine ring
Seventeen members of a drug ring spanning four states have been indicted on 34 counts involving a scheme to deliver cocaine to the Pittsburgh area and other states, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said Friday. “This is one of the largest cocaine distribution rings in Western Pennsylvania,” Brady said in a...
Monroeville drug, alcohol rehab facility planned
A residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility is coming to Monroeville. Recovery Centers of America received unanimous approval May 14 from Monroeville council to begin renovating a vacant building at 2380 McGinley Road. The organization plans to spend up to $20 million on renovations. Approximately 78,000 square feet, the building...
Trial date set for men accused in Monroeville kidnapping
Two men facing charges related to the alleged kidnapping of a Monroeville woman will get their day in court. A trial date of July 29 was set last week for Justice J. McCallum and Derrick Duke, who were arrested in February after allegedly leading police and FBI officers on a...
New Kensington man charged with assaulting girlfriend at her Plum home
A New Kensington man is facing charges after police say he assaulted his “on and off again” girlfriend when she refused to answer her front door as he pounded on it one night in March. David E. Saunders IV, 20, of New Kensington was charged with harassment and two counts...
Plum criminal cases include burglary, stangulation
District Judge Linda Zucco recently handled the following cases. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • David E. Saunders IV, 20, of New Kensington on charges of harassment, burglary, strangulation and two simple assault charges. Charges were filed March 24. Waived for court •...
Monroeville parade a 50-year tradition
The Monroeville Memorial Day Parade will kick off at 9 a.m. May 27. The parade, organized by American Legion Gold Star Post 820, begins at Valley Honda, 4221 William Penn Highway. The route continues onto Northern Pike, across the overpass, then Monroeville Boulevard and ends at Old Stone Church at...
Monroeville police file assault, harassment charges
Monroeville police, unless otherwise noted, filed the following charges May 6-12 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office: • Wilford R. Clark, 39, of Monroeville with making terroristic threats and simple assault. Charges were filed May 6 in connection with an incident along the 2300 block of Haymaker Road. •...
Cases brought before Judge Herbst include theft
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Donna J. Jackson, 53, of Wall on charges of giving a materially false...
Woman charged in Penn Hills hit-and-run fatality turns herself in
A woman charged in connection with a Penn Hills hit-and-run death in April turned herself in to authorities, a day after a warrant was issued for her arrest, police said Wednesday. Modesty Hopper, 21, of McKeesport, is charged with hindering apprehension for allegedly refusing to give police the name of...
Congressman Conor Lamb’s offices to showcase student artwork
Four area high school students will have their works of art displayed in Rep. Conor Lamb’s offices for the next year. The pieces were selected May 13 as winners at the nationwide 2019 Congressional Art Competition for Pennsylvania’s 17th District. The representative’s office received 52 pieces for the competition, including...
Penn Hills Memorial Day parade has new end location
The Penn Hills Memorial Day Parade will step off this year just like any other, except for one change. This year’s parade will be the first in decades to not culminate at the administrative building on Frankstown Road, which has been vacant since last summer. Instead, marchers will turn right...
Monroeville wine and beer fest rescheduled
A wine and beer festival that was set for May 18 has been rescheduled. The seventh annual Rockin’ Wine and Beer Festival will include two sessions, from 1 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m., June 1 at the Monroeville Convention Center. The festival allows guests to sample more...
Coffee, pizza, sports: Plum developments move forward
Plum residents can expect to see development in the borough soon. Council members voted unanimously Monday to support three businesses that hope to have a presence in Plum. Aroma Joe’s, a franchise coffee and breakfast café, plans to open a spot along Route 286 next to Dollar General. The site...
‘Manhunt’ to film at old Penn Hills administrative building
The former municipal building in Penn Hills has a new, short-term tenant. Manhunt Productions Inc. has agreed to pay the municipality $10,500 for a three-month lease while the company films scenes inside the building at 12245 Frankstown Road. Those scenes will be featured in the American true-crime miniseries’ second season:...
New mural shares Monroeville Mall memories through 50 years
The Monroeville Mall became one of the country’s largest shopping centers of its time 50 years ago. Staff, elected officials and residents gathered Monday to celebrate, reminisce and tout the mall’s successes over the years. A mural that included photos of the mall under construction in 1968, the old ice...
Police: Car suspected in crash that killed Penn Hills man found in McKeesport
Allegheny County police said they found the car they believe hit and killed a Penn Hills man in April. Police said Friday they received a tip the car was in the parking lot of the Hi View Gardens housing complex in McKeesport. They intend to release more information later Friday....
Monroeville pool likely to have final season
A Monroeville pool could become another casualty of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s Interstate 76 widening project. The pool at Bel-Aire Park, also known as Monroeville Community Pool along Abers Creek Road, could see its last of 45 seasons by the end of the 2019 swimming season. Monroeville council will consider...
Gateway superintendent’s salary higher than state average, lower than county
Allegheny County school district superintendents made nearly $10,000 more than the Pennsylvania average, according to state Department of Education data from the 2017-18 school year. William Short, Gateway’s superintendent, made $143,500 during that school year, which was $500 more than the state’s average of $142,964. However, Short made around $8,900...
Monroeville Mall celebrates anniversary
The Monroeville Mall will host a 50th anniversary celebration May 18. The free event will be held from noon to 6 p.m., with vendors set up from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The mall produced a mural filled with historical photos of the shopping center for the special event. It...
Police believe 2002 Saturn sedan responsible for Penn Hills hit-and-run death
Police believe the car that hit, dragged and killed a Penn Hills man last week was a silver blue 2002 Saturn SL or SL2, Allegheny County officials said in a news release Thursday. Joseph Morris, 51, was found dead by police along Universal Road in Penn Hills after Allegheny County...
New Penn Hills Library director wants to get a good read on community
After more than a year of searching, Penn Hills Library has found a new director. Tina Zins, 34, of Export began in her new post May 13 for a salary of $70,000. Zins was appointed to the role in April. Zins will replace Mary Ann Zeak, who served as the...
Year-long road work in Monroeville to include ‘numerous’ restrictions
Work that will last a little over a year on one of Monroeville’s busiest roads will start Friday. The nearly $11 million project includes replacing traffic lights, repaving, drainage improvements and structure work on the bridge connecting Route 22 to Route 286, said Steve Cowan, a PennDOT spokesman. Cowan said...
Allegheny Land Trust eyeing former Churchill Valley Club site
A nonprofit wants to preserve the land on which the defunct Churchill Valley Country Club once sat. Representatives of Allegheny Land Trust said May 8 they are working to raise the money needed to buy the 148-acre property along Beulah Road in Penn Hills and Churchill in order to preserve...
Lidia’s in the Strip District gets a health department consumer alert
Lidia’s Pittsburgh, an Italian restaurant in the Strip District, received a consumer alert Tuesday from the Allegheny County Health Department. The health department said the restaurant’s prep coolers were not working and not maintaining safe temperatures for cold food. The restaurant also kept “potentially hazardous food” past the use-by date,...
Snarky Puppy plays hard-to-define music ‘for booty and brain’
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the 18th-century German writer and politician, once said we should try to “hear a little music” every day in order to stay in touch with life’s beauties. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but there is nothing little about Snarky Puppy’s sound —...
